Relationship between surface antigens of two variants of influenza A (H3N2) virus, as revealed by hemagglutination inhibition, kinetic neutralization, and neuraminidase inhibition.
AUTOR(ES)
Hsia, C N
RESUMO
Rabbit antisera were raised against plaque-purified influenza virus strains of A/Victoria/75 and A/Texas/77 isolated from Seattle influenza patients. The antigenic specificity of hemagglutinins was compared by hemagglutination inhibition (HI) and kinetic neutralization tests. Anti-A/Victoria/75 had equally high HI titers and neutralization rate constants (kappa values) for A/Victoria/75 and A/Texas/77. In contrast, anti-A/Texas/77 had a high HI titer and kappa value to A/Texas/77 and a low HI titer and kappa value to A/Victoria/75. Similar results were obtained with antisera to recombinants with hemagglutinin specific for A/Victoria/3/75 or A/Texas/1/77 and with irrelevant neuraminidase. Seven wild-type isolates, three each of A/Texas and A/Victoria, and one strain characterized as a bridging strain were tested by HI and kinetic neutralization. Characterization as A/Texas or A/Victoria was confirmed by the results. No significant difference in neuraminidase specific for A/Victoria/75 or A/Texas/77 was hown when recombinants with an irrelevant hemagglutinin were compared by the neuraminidase inhibition test. These results suggest that A/Victoria/75 strains are "senior" to A/Texas/77 strains. The epidemiological implications of this observation are discussed.
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